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Daghestan’s Long-Haul Truckers Detail Their Grievances in Appeal to Putin

April 27, 2017

Dagestan’s Long-Haul Truckers Detail Their Grievances in Appeal to Putin 2017-04-27 14:30:27 Staunton, VA, April 26, 2017 – While some drivers are going home briefly to plant their gardens and while officials are claiming that the strike is collapsing, striking drivers in Dagestan issued an appeal to Vladimir Putin on April 26 detailing their grievances. Arguing that […]

Now That The Truckers’ Strike Has Reached Moscow, Will Western Media At Last Pay Attention?

April 17, 2017

The Kremlin has imposed a media blackout on the Russian truckers’ strike that is now in its third week and has been joined by drivers in at least 80 federal subjects, but unfortunately, coverage of this worker action by the Western media has been almost as sparse.